
Get quality, live recorded drum parts fast.
My name is Rhett Randolph and I am a 23 year old drummer recently graduated from Berklee College of Music.
I have played Lollapalooza, Bumbershoot Festival, and recently off a national tour with Jagwar Twin and Avril Lavigne. I have endorsements with Big Fat Snare Drum, JH Audio, and Drum Dots.
I can provide stems of live drum parts that any producer, artist, composer, or other fellow musician may need. I have my own studio space with a full kit and microphone set up and can send you high quality recorded drum parts mixed or dry within an hour of recording them.
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Interview with Rhett Randolph
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: My promise to my clients is that I'll be able to get them quality tracks within 24 hours.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: What I like most about my job is being able to play drums, contributing to people's music, and hearing a song come to life by providing what they need.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: The questions customers most commonly ask me are: -What's your rate? $70 per song -How fast can you get the stems in by? 24 hours -Can you play the parts in this style/way? Yes
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: The questions I ask prospective clients are: -Can it be done in Logic Pro? -Do you have reference tracks for drums? -Can I hear the song? -Could you please send the session and indicate the BPM?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: My advice is to a customer is to know what they want and be straightforward about their project needs, while also trusting in my ability to get it done.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: If I was on a desert island, I would take my Macbook, audio interface, Roland SPD, speakers, and drum sticks.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I have been playing drums for over 14 years. My career path is to be a full time session and touring musician.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: I would describe my style as clean, precise, and tasteful.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: The artist I would like to work with is Harry Styles because he has great taste and drum production. I feel like it would be fun to play a live show with him.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: My one music production tip is it's not about how loud you play the drums when you're recording, it's about getting a great sound out of your drums.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: The type of music I usually work on are pop songs.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: My strongest skill is time and groove.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: I bring to a song a great feel, accurate time, and tasteful rhythmic ideas.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: My typical work process is to listen to the song, composition, or project multiple times first. Then I go into the studio and do a few practice runs to develop ideas, then I start recording. Once I'm confident I have the best takes, I bounce out stems shortly thereafter.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: My studio set up is a 5-piece Tama Starclassic Maple Drum Set with a hi hat, 5 crash cymbals (including a ride), 2 rack toms, one floor tom, and 8 microphones - 2 over heads, 1 snare, 1 rack, 2 floor, 1 kick, and an additional microphone for any other element that may be needed.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Other professional musicians who inspire me are Nate Smith, Dave Dicenso, and Aaron Spears. But, at the end of the day, my peers keep me inspired, motivated and humble.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: The most common type of work I do for my clients is record live drums for their songs, compositions, or other musical projects.

- Live drum trackAverage price - $70 per song
- PercussionAverage price - $70 per song
Revisions: 3
Turn-around: 24 hours
Additional Costs: +$10 per every extra revision
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